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Chapter 44 Abundance

The young man was like a general amnesty and greeted his compatriots and brothers around him, "Let's go and get water under the tree. Hey, the bamboo cage I put down by the river in the morning, let's see if there are many fish. Today I will cut wheat and let our mother fry the fish for everyone to eat..."

The somewhat dull and honest brother on the side said, "Go, this is to harvest wheat for our family. I'm not lazy and making people laugh."

The happy boy did not blush and said, "I am not lazy, I just don't want to do these farming tasks. Besides, I have been admitted to Xiliu Military Academy and will not make a living in this future."

Speaking of this, the mother who was busy in front turned around and cursed: "The military academy is even more tiring. Did your brother say he was tired all day long? Do you think he was just brisk? You are so lazy, and being beaten up after going inside is a trivial matter. If you can't stand it, you'll be driven back. That would be a shame!"

The boy laughed and said, "I can bear such suffering. I am the most annoying that the end of the year is the day when I see it all the way to the end of the year. It's so boring in spring and harvest in autumn."

"The world is so big. I have been studying for so many years. If I don't go out to take a look, it would be boring. My elder brother is in Gaoliu now, and my elder sister is in the north. They don't know how hard they are to do farm work. I heard that my elder sister hid in my uncle's place for a long time in order not to come back to harvest wheat..."

While speaking, I saw my mother lowering her head and holding a piece of soil and trying to throw it away. She turned around and ran away. While running, she said to her brother beside her: "We should change our names. I should call me Shu Qinyi, so you changed my name to Shu Guixiang."

After saying that, he ran away with his head in his arms. Naturally, his mother's muds would not fall on her head. She hit her heel from afar and splashed a lot of dust, causing everyone to laugh.

Wu Qi was a little surprised when he watched from the side. The common people had no surnames, and these two children actually had surnames and names.

He also knew that Xi Liu was called the Yue people's naval commander. There was no water commander in the Three Jin Dynasties. The strongest naval commander in the world belonged to Chu and Yue.

Originally, the Yue people were unparalleled in the waters, but later the Gongshu team made a hook and a big ship, the Huai River and the Yangtze River competed for hegemony, and the Yue people were defeated, and the Chu boat army was the leader of the world.

Now the Mo family actually has a navy?

Wu Qi signaled the people around him not to follow him, and walked to the tree by himself. The boy opposite, who should be called Shu Guixiang, was not panicked at Wu Qi, who was wearing a sword on his body. He just looked around and went to carry the water jug.

Wu Qi walked over and smiled and said, "Young man, beg for saliva."

The boy didn't recognize his child, so he took a water jug ​​and handed it over, and asked, "You are not from here, where did you come from?"

Wu Qi took the water jug ​​and thought to himself that it was already Si Shang, and he was just a boy, so he said without any warning: "Wei River."

The young man scratched his head and said, "I know Xihe. There is someone named Wu Qi. He has talked about the reform of Xihe. The Masters said."

Wu Qi was stunned and then realized that this place was already Peiyi, which was run by the Mo family for twenty years. Most of the children here had to go to school to open their hometowns, and the Mo family never fooled the people and told them more about the situation in the world.

But I didn't expect to hear my name here, and asked with a smile: "Who else have you heard of?"

The young man said, "There are so many stories in our textbooks. It was Wu Qi who kept his promise, and said that Wu Qi was in Xihe and invited someone to dinner. Then he agreed to wait until the guests came before eating. As a result, the guest hurriedly forgot about it the next day, so Wu Qi went to send someone to invite him, but he did not eat."

"This means that people should be honest and do what they say. They also said that Wu Qi attacked the Qin people's pavilion, and in order to make people convinced, he erected a chariot and said that those who could be carried to the north gate would be rewarded. People laughed, but one person was really carried away and immediately received a reward. They said that they should be honest in their work so that people could be convinced."

After the young man finished speaking, he smiled and said, "We have a lot of stories about Wei in our textbooks. There is also a man named Ximen Bao in Wei, who is Zhidou Hebo, and we have also learned this."

After hearing this, Wu Qi thought that this was indeed true of Ximen Bao. However, the Mo family used similar methods to worship wizards in Pei County, but the methods used by the Mo family to kill wizards were almost the same, but poisoning seemed to be more miserable than drowning, so they did not tell these children.

However, I keep my trustworthy and attack the Ting... Wu Qi thought to myself, why didn’t I know that I’ve done these two things?

He was whispered in his heart, but he was happy. He didn't expect that the Mo family would arrange their own stories and make them famous for themselves. Moreover, the young man on Si could know the stories of Wei, the name of Wu Qi and Ximen Bao. This is a method of educating the people to change customs and customs.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask with a smile: "So since you say Wu Qiliyuan, the word "银银" of the 银银银银银银银?"

The young man curled his lips and said, "The shaft of the shaft is one of the five hundred words that we will know after we start the journey. Of course I can do it. I also know that Huangdi is Xuanyuan, because Huangdi is a car, which is a great achievement. Later, because of the car, he defeated Yandi with a chariot. It was because of the car that he was called Xuanyuan."

Wu Qixin said, I'm afraid this story was not arranged by the Mohist school, but I've never heard of it. However, after thinking about it carefully, there was something wrong with it. I couldn't help but nod and took a sip of water, but I didn't expect the water to be salty and almost spit it out. I thought of drinking water with someone and spitting it out of rudeness, so the ninja swallowed it and said strangely: "The water on Si Shang is salty?"

The boy shook his head and said, "No. This is salt added to boiling water. The Master said that there are many small insects in the raw water that cannot be seen by the naked eye. Although he cannot see it, it is taught above, and it should be correct. These small insects make people sick, so they have to be boiled. They sweat when they cut wheat, and the sweat tastes salty, so they need to eat some salt, otherwise they will easily cause heatstroke."

"The village community receives some salt specially used for boiling water every year, and it is free to drink it."

Wu Qi said oh, and after thinking about it, he felt that it was salty and he wanted to eat salt. He also wanted to hear that the Mohist family was in the middle of the season, and the salt prices were lower and the water was transported here, so it was not difficult for the village community to send some salt.

From this small matter, we can see that the Mohist government is indeed to put the benefit of the people first. Otherwise, why bother with these troubles?

I am afraid that if the Mohist school has such shackles, many things have to be done. If you don’t do it, it will not be in line with the Mohist school’s meaning. The Mohist school’s doctrine is spread all over the world and can be read by everyone. If you don’t do it, you will be criticized.

Wu Qi was not thirsty at first, but just wanted to find a reason to ask about Si Shang's situation, so he put down the water tank and thanked him, pointing to the equipment being harvested in the distance and asked, "What is that? It is also distributed?"

The young man said, "That's called the Mara wheat harvester. It was made by Zi Mozi's disciples and Gongshu squad disciples. However, it was not distributed, but bought by the village community."

Wu Qi nodded and asked, "I think this thing is several times more expensive than that of others. How much does it cost to buy such a thing?"

The child said in an extremely common tone: "I heard from my father that one should be worth 30,000 kilograms of wheat?"

When Wu Qi heard this number, he was shocked. There were at least three of them he had just seen.

This is not counting the nearly nine horses pulled by three units, but it is just a machine, which costs 90,000 kilograms of wheat, which is equivalent to a small stone, which is a few thousand stones!

But this child had no experience and just said it as a normal thing, as if he had been used to such a number.

This village can easily take out the 90,000 kilograms of wheat? This is because after paying taxes, such an astonishing amount is about the annual income of the nobles who had tens of millions of land in the past.

When the young man saw Wu Qi, he said, "Actually not many. Santai Machinery, there are 140 households in the village, even if it is wheat, each household is less than 100 kilograms. Nowadays, the fields that can be watered only have winter wheat planted, which is 180 kilograms. Besides, this is bought by everyone in the village, and the income from paper workshops is nothing."

"This year is a new purchase, so it's applicable. If it's used together, I'll buy more next year. My father said that, first, there are still a lot of land in the river valley, and I use cargo plants to harvest this thing, and I can also get busy with it, and I can also drive a lot of land. Second, even if I don't open the land, the papermaking workshops are booming now and there are still people. With this thing, I can save a lot of effort. The wheat prices are still acceptable in recent years, just a lot of them."

"Besides, I harvested the winter wheat and planted potatoes. My father said that the village community wanted to set up another winemaking workshop and hired people. Now the wine is sold well, and the potatoes are cheap and have no good luck, so it is better to make wine."

Wu Qi was even more curious about how rich this village community that had just entered the jurisdiction of the Mo family. Hearing this, it seems that this village community could buy more equipment worth 30,000 kilograms each?

He became more and more surprised. It sounded like the village community was a manor that was enfeoffed by a nobleman. The buying and selling of equipment could actually work together? Those workshops were also jointly run by the village community?

But this...isn't this just a land-sealed manor without nobles?

He also thought, if this child has a name, could it be that this village community is actually from some senior figures of the Mo family? Otherwise, a village community would be so rich, and the food harvested by one person is six or seven times or even more than that of Xihe who works in a year, which is a bit too terrifying.

As early as when iron tools appeared, Wu Qi knew the role of these technological innovations, as he strongly suggested that the Marquis of Wei send me a ministry into Peiyi: the increase in yield per mu, and the increase in surplus grain for each person can support more full-time military soldiers.

If the Mohist villages and communities in Sishang were like this, then I am afraid that the chaos in the world would really be determined by this black group.

Thinking of this, Wu Qi asked with a last look of expectation: "I just heard that you have a name and your father is a disciple of Mo Di? Or... a scholar-official nobleman?"

The young man scratched his head and said, "Aristocrats? I have been counting several generations, but it has nothing to do with the nobles. My father was the first to approach King Chu in Shangqiu, and everyone named him Shuqing King. Later, he captured King Yi of Yue in Hanshui, aristocrats... Hey, there were many nobles who captured them. My father said that in Hanshui, after the Yue people were surrounded, we bombarded the army formation of the Yue Junzi Army, and bombarded several times, and knelt down and begged for mercy and cried bitterly..."

Wu Qi was shocked. He knew the name of Shu Qing. Although he was a commoner, he was able to capture two kings in a row. He thought he was a warrior like Bi Wan who came from the army. Who would have thought of farming here?

I also thought that everyone said that the Mo family is virtuous. Is it necessary to not use such a warrior? Is it necessary to give high officials and generous salaries to win the hearts of scholars all over the world? Is this person not resentful?
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